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When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
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- 7 wins & 7 nominations total
Jeon Do-yeon
- Bora
- (as Do Yeon Chun)
- …
Yu Yeon-su
- Mustache Detective
- (as Yeon-su Yu)
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This was really a top example of the genre, the genre being "amour noir". It knows its tropes and plays with them, and subverts them when it wants to. In some sense, there is a sense of inevitability as in a Greek tragedy, in another sense one doubts the realism of the conclusion and feels that the events came a bit out of left fields given characterization and stated goals, and that they were basically bent into the plot for the sake of shock value... but none of that really detracts from the work's value as a genre film, so it gets full marks in that respect, as far as I am concerned. Well done to the director and actors, not an easy movie.
The female actress playing ML's wife was extraordinary in her versatility: I saw her in other roles, she was pretty incredible in how varied the characters she interpreted were. The actor playing the husband was also incredible. I mean, when I have seen him in Old Boy I was stunned to see the difference, that was definitely impressive. The same could be said about the actor playing the lover.
This was an exceptional cast, and the director was also the guy that directed Somebody, which was one of my favorite dramas... talk about not knowing what you were going to get until the very and, and the writer/director pulling off a surprise ending.
This was an exceptional cast, and the director was also the guy that directed Somebody, which was one of my favorite dramas... talk about not knowing what you were going to get until the very and, and the writer/director pulling off a surprise ending.
I'll admit, I started looking at this movie only because Ju Jin Mo happened to be part of the cast, after watching him in 'A frozen flower'. Brace yourself for the opening sex scene, it left me baffle and in a state of total denial to the very end.
A word of advice, don't be fooled by the title. Though the storyline was strong, there were certain plots that had would have you thinking, like whose the real father of Yumi? . . . Enough said, overall I enjoyed it, although I was HAPPY about the ending.😊😱😌🙉
A word of advice, don't be fooled by the title. Though the storyline was strong, there were certain plots that had would have you thinking, like whose the real father of Yumi? . . . Enough said, overall I enjoyed it, although I was HAPPY about the ending.😊😱😌🙉
An excellently performed movie about our age of the equality of the genders. If men lose their jobs and their wives have wild affairs can a man forever hold his horses? An original story with a touching motherly daddy who knows when enough is enough...
This film has all the ingredients to be miysogynistic and that's one of the possible readings. And it's quite legitimate. But, in fact, it seems to be more about mysoginy and the consequence of misogynistic behaviour and its consequences. Not advocating them. Nobody gets what deserves in this one and there are more victims (but one of them is being that absolutely and more than others). But what seems to be some morale here is that after the act there's just no way back. Either you get your life broken or, even worse, you don't get even that. I watch a lot of Asian films latelly and most of them look like statements about gender antagonisms. And mostly, their outcome on the end is unpopular and brave. And out there for everyone to see what it looks like when you don't paint them in unrealistic colors. As it should be. This film has a dreadful conclusion but it must be seen for what it is. That's why it's good ...
Did you know
- TriviaJeon Do-yeon said that the movie marked the start of the second act in her acting career. It is well known that when her parents expressed their concern about her starring in a sexually explicit movie, saying, "You won't be able to marry if you do it," Jeon persuaded them by responding, "You didn't have me become an actress so that I could marry well, did you?"
- ConnectionsReferences Orange mécanique (1971)
- SoundtracksPiano trio op. 100
by Franz Schubert
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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